After Caring for the Dream as the national medical center and Official Pediatric Medicine Provider of the 2021 Summer Olympics and Paralympics games, Texas Children’s is supporting Team USA in the 2022 Winter Games by delivering expert care to the elite athletes of tomorrow.
To kick off the opening of the games in Beijing this month and celebrate our ongoing partnership with the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), Texas Children’s has installed a dynamic new mural at The Woodlands hospital campus.
The wall-sized artwork features Hannah Harrell, Solomon Simmons and Oksana Masters, award-winning athletes representing Team USA and patients of Texas Children’s Hospital. The mural is located close by the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic – a state-of-the-art facility where practitioners care for and treat acute and chronic sports injuries, concussions, exercise-induced asthma and other conditions affecting sports performance.
Texas Children’s is among the top 12 children’s hospitals in the nation for Orthopedics, according to the 2021-22 Best Children’s Hospitals rankings from U.S. News and World Report.
“As young athletes transition from the playground with the goal of representing Team USA, we look forward to helping them achieve these milestones by providing expert care during an illness or injury, and maintaining their overall health and well-being,” said Dr. Jeffrey Shilt, chief of community surgery and the sports medicine liaison to the USOPC, when Texas Children’s addition to the USOPC National Medical Network was announced.
“We take great pride in being able to support the next generation of Olympians and Paralympians as they optimize their health and performance,” Shilt said.
To check out the mural for yourself and see snapshots of our colleagues and patients at The Woodlands embracing the Olympic spirit, scroll through the photos in the gallery.
For an inside look at how the mural was installed, click here.
